Please rate yourself in each of the following skill areas.
| Basic | Intermediate | Advanced | Not Applicable | |
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| Ethical challenges and perspectives in community leadership development | ||||
| One's personal values and biases, as distinguished from group values and biases | ||||
| Development and practice of personal philosophy of leadership | ||||
| One's own personality and leadership orientations and impact on others | ||||
| Qualities and roles of self as a facilitator of leadership development (e.g., empathy, risk taking, flexibility, persistence) | ||||
| Major leadership theories, approaches, and philosophies | ||||
| Different functions of leadership and management |
Please rate yourself in each of the following skill areas
| Basic | Intermediate | Advanced | Not Applicable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major leadership theories, approaches, and philosophies, and the different functions of leadership and management | ||||
| Academic and popular leadership development literature, and relevant professional journals, authors, and trends (stay current with) | ||||
| Current organizational development literature and information sources | ||||
| Cultural/gender/racial/economic variations in leadership beliefs and practices |
Please rate yourself in each of the following skill areas.
| Basic | Intermediate | Advanced | Not Applicable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collective vision development | ||||
| Dynamic futuring processes (e.g., strategic planning, values clarification, creative thinking) | ||||
| Analysis of relevant external factors (e.g., environmental scanning, diversity, politics, demographics, socio-economic conditions, environment, global | ||||
| Linkages between external factors and group action strategies | ||||
| Fluid leadership role-sharing and leadership as a web of relationships | ||||
| The dynamics of power and empowerment within a group | ||||
| Group Decision making strategies (e.g., consensus building) | ||||
| Group dynamics, team building, and sense of community as a continuum |
Please rate yourself in each of the following skill areas.
| Basic | Intermediate | Advanced | Not Applicable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis and evaluation of group/organizational culture (e.g., values, expectations, purposes) | ||||
| Diversity (e.g., valuing and building on individual capacity) | ||||
| Tools to help group members assess their personalities, leadership orientations, and the implications of these for their group. | ||||
| The concept of a learning community and the plan/do/reflect learning cycle | ||||
| Diagnosis of group learning needs and identification of learning strategies (e.g., study circles, group research, skill training) | ||||
| Learner-controlled evaluation methods |
Please rate yourself in each of the following skill areas
| Basic | Intermediate | Advanced | Not Applicable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interpersonal communication skills (e.g. dialogue, effective listening, giving feedback, free-flowing communication, information sharing) | ||||
| Internal networking (e.g., e-mail, newsletters, phone trees) | ||||
| Public speaking skills and the use of presentation aids (e.g., overheads, graphic presentation software) | ||||
| Marketing a group's message (e.g., using mass media and advertising techniques) | ||||
| Community dialogue and deliberation (e.g. panel discussions, public hearings, issue forums) |
Please rate yourself in each of the following skill areas.
| Basic | Intermediate | Advanced | Not Applicable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis of organizational strengths, weaknesses, and viability | ||||
| The tasks, functions, and design of community organizations and their elements (e.g., running meetings, non-profit status, boards, task-forces, etc.) | ||||
| Asset analysis and resource development (e.g., exploring funding option, writing grant proposals, securing human resources) | ||||
| Linkage of visions and plans to organizational operations and potential collaborations | ||||
| Partnerships and collaborative relationships - their identification, assessment, development, evaluation, and maintenance | ||||
| Strategies for identifying, communicating with, and working effectively with opinion leaders and decision makers | ||||
| Formal and informal power structures and political processes in government, organizations, and institutions |